Yesterday was perhaps not all I was hoping it would be. I went to sleep with a lot on my mind praying today would bring a new start. I woke up and went to church... I didn't have anyone to sit with but I think sometimes that's just what I need to eliminate distractions. We sang a couple of great songs to start and then they showed the Lifehouse "Everything" skit. It is one of my favorites and gets to me every time. When they start singing "You're all I want, You're all I need" I always get goosebumps praying God would hold off the junk in my life and make Him my everything. After the video we sang "We are Hungry," one I didn't remember doing before but thought it really fit into the theme of the morning.
I've been working a ton this week with the new school year beginning and the football media guide due tomorrow. Every year it's the same and I know it's coming, but I'm not always good at balancing it all. I will be thoroughly relieved to send it off tomorrow and catch up on some other things I've neglected lately. Today I opted to work from home other than a brief photo shoot at school so I was watching one of my favorite tv show's "One Tree Hill." Thoroughly documented through my blog I'm a sucker for the drama but even more of a sucker for what I find are the thought provoking voiceovers and literary quotes. They were showing a couple of reruns on the Soap net and there was one of my faves, episode 413 Pictures of You (no I didn't memorize them all I googled it :).
They're given a class assignment to get to know their partner through the five steps and then take a picture of each other for the yearbook.
1. Share something personal with your partner.
2. Lighten up. Do an impression of a celebrity or a famous character.
3. Admit something that worries you, or something you are afraid of.
4. What do you want to be in ten years?
5. Tell your partner some secret.
Brooke is the party-girl sometimes slut of the high school and she's paired up with a new kid Chase, a "clean teen" (virgin club). Brooke liked Chase but lied to him about who she is and her past. Part of their conversation...
Brooke: I was worried I wouldn't be enough for you. That's why I lied. That's what I'm afraid of. Not being enough, not... good enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough, not...
Chase: Brooke, your the student council president, captain of the cheerleaders and probably one of the most popular girls in school. How is that not good enough?
At first glance, it doesn't make sense. Brooke is what many girls dream of.. to be class president, cheerleader, popular... but even that wasn't enough. I think sometimes we're all looking for something else, wondering if we're enough. Or at least Brooke and I are. Eventually Chase begins to trust Brooke again (all within a single class period... the assignment creates fast foward forgiveness :) and their conversation continues...
Chase: Still think you're not good enough?
Brooke: I don't think that ever goes away. But I think you just have to learn to deal with it, you know? Learn to use it.
Chase: So let's use it, then.
I think we'd all be a lot better off if we could learn to deal with our insecurities or our weaknesses and use them for something positive. Some days are better than others. But then, that's why I get a new start.
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